Le Mécano de la General - Le mécano de la Générale

LauraPalmer

Rewatched and re-loved. Buster Keaton is love.

Mr. Smifff

This is the first silent film that I ever loved. What do you get when you combine train chases, brilliant action, laugh a minute slapstick, and some of the most gorgeous cinematography ever shot? Why, The General obviously. This movie is timeless. I mean, yes, it's a civil war movie which ignores slavery, AND is told from the South's perspective, which is a fair criticism, but it still deserves my five star rating.

Arandhitio Ballagi

keaton very agile, throughout the film he never smiled, but he make me smile. I believe this film a lot of the cost, but the result is very satisfactory and outstanding. Mrembes untuk mas Keaton dan mas Bruckman

Matthew Cholewick

Keaton, playing the bumbling fool, is rarely aware of what's happening. This is a staple of Keaton's comedy but seen in context of the epic war movie it becomes a critique of ignorant bravery. I wish there were a few more zany stunts though.

HSBilly

epic! plus priceless comical performance by keaton. masterful timing and brilliant direction.

Timbo of Boston

The purist comedy. It's a satire of heroics (heroism without skill or courage) and of the mechanical age while he works the mechanical principles of the gag. Everything he does goes wrong then goes right. It's anti-war. He wears his uniform like a child. It doesn't matter for which side. His needs are universally comic: he wants 2 things: the girl, the job. It's epic scale is a slap at Birth of a Nation, I bet. A+

anarresti

This is such a perfect movie. Amazing editing, when it was done manually. Brilliant and hilarious! A timeless movie, made in 1926 "about" the Civil War. Buster Keaton "fights" for the Confederate Army, and we can see it now (or maybe I'm too naive) without any political conotations, just for the fun of it. Most of the movie is set on a moving train, which is an achievement in itself.

Matthew_Lucas

Perhaps Buster Keaton's greatest achievement, THE GENERAL may not be a laugh-a-minute knee slapper like some of his other films, but is instead a great adventure distinguished by Keaton's trademark deadpan humor. The train chase set pieces are especially impressive, THE GENERAL is an impeccably choreographed and realized comedic masterpiece. What Keaton accomplished with trains is simply astounding.